Oxford Dictionary English civil liberty nounnoun BrE BrE//ˌsɪvl ˈlɪbəti// ; NAmE NAmE//ˌsɪvl ˈlɪbərti// [countable, usually plural, uncountable] Add to my wordlistjump to other resultsthe right of people to be free to say or do what they want while respecting others and staying within the law an infringement of our civil libertiesSee civil liberty in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic EnglishSee civil liberty in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation: civil liberty oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com